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GHANA – SMALL MIRACLES: Scammers Arrested In Ghana
26 ‘Yahoo’ Boys Including Nigerians Arrested In Ghana, Laptops And Phones Recovered
In a rare sign of prosecution in Ghana, 26 scammers / internet fraudsters popularly known as ‘Yahoo’ boys have been apprehended by the Madina Divisional Police Command on Friday in Ghana.
According to multiple online reports from Ghana, about twenty six of them including Nigerians are suspected to be engaged in cyber crime.
Since it is Ghana, details are scarce, but this was as a result of recent training by the United States Department of Justice given to Ghana’s prosecutors in a move to both professionalize them and reduce corruption.
As you can see though, these are not a part of any of the larger syndicates. These are independent low level scammers.
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Nesecito saber si alguie conoce a una empresa que vende oro en Obusi Ghana de nombre: Mandex Family Gold mines
Ceo David KOSI
empresa logostica de nombre” Diplomatic Delivery service”. en ghana
Nombre Bernard COYLe Usman
Esta en una estafa. Es una lastima, pero asi es.
He sido estafado por esta red de ciber delincuentes por un valor de 5.000 euros
She took from me $50k- she was Mary Ann on a dating site and we quickly switched to skye and I saw her on webcam and it happened that she visit me in Montreal,CA and I paid all bills and I later received an immigration email if her arrest -suspicious I contacted the embassy that directed me to contact the Ghana Crime Unit(info.ghanapolice at consultant dot com) and I played along and he was arrested I was chatting with a man not a woman-Beware of Ghana Scam
do you know of Emily adeti?
There are more than a billion fake identities used by scammers.
I’ve lived in Ghana for 5 years recently and return every winter. Unfortunately Ghanaians are learning some very bad habits from Nigeria and others. They have a script. First it’s a new phone (to video with you better), then I love you I love you I love you, then suddenly she’s very sad and crying because Mom or Grandma is dying and needs the lifesaving surgery and of course she don’t have the money and needs you to send it. Me, I’ve learned to assume they’re all scammers until I learn different (by an identification or photo beside todays newspaper). Don’t send money fellas. If you’re looking to send money I can refer you to some legit orphanages I return every year to be Father Christmas (Santa).
HAS ANYONE FOIUND DAVID BEGLEY HIS EMAIL IS TiurnerAndrew@gmail.he has breaking my heart and destroy me deeply his running away from me and he3 dosent want to do things right whit me he is cheating bon me he dosent want to talk about our love his not well dedicated to me
Ruth, sadly it just doesn’t work that way. The information you have is fake – not the real team of scammers behind the fake identity. About 100 scammers are being arrested in West Africa a week now, but the police there do not identify the fake names that they use, or notify their victims. This is just fake information and you will probably never know which is why we advise that you report them and then turn away and focus on your own recovery.
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Is there anyway to contact the actual person in the picture being victimized. I would like to at least send a message to Danielle Delaunay. Is there any possible way to even send her a message? My email is ; [EMAIL REMOVED – POLICY VIOLATION]…thnx..Marty
We will not assist you to stalk another victim. The victims of identity theft and impersonation have every right to their own privacy. Regardless of what you feel you do not have a right to intrude in her life.
Nigerian or Ghanan Romance Scammer using the name of John Pham and photos of a Russian Politician, on his FB profile. He tried to scam 3580 us dollars from my ex-wife under the pretext that he wanted to ship some Gold billions to Australia to be used for their future wedding and children via an African freight forwarder. he even sent a bogus freight invoice for the freight
Did you report his Facebook profile into our system?
I believe I was scammed of doing reshipping scam. There were several laptops and phones involved. The mans name that was being used is Phil Wilson and he’s on Facebook using one of my profile pictures. He also has a gmail account using Philph Willison. This went on for two years and it was also romance induced. This person was very slick. He needs to be caught. He would have me ship these items to a shipping agency in Accra. He would send me the shipping Fedex labels. There had been times of mens clothing and many pairs of tennis shoes being involved in these shippings. Please find him before he breaks someone else’s heart.
You need to contact your local police immediately since you may be subject to arrest if this comes to light.
has anyone heard of an American girl in Tamale, Ghana named Kathy Ronald who is writing me everyday? she is on facebook also
Every single dating app/ 904 and counting has the western Africa Cana Laos Nigeria re-staining criminals are in every single app and they have already stolen billions of dollars by the Romantics scams money gram , western union from lonely hearts anywhere in the world even their next-door neighbor . Maiara Amaro ( Ella ) , charity baud , Sandra Roberson, Sandra Darden, Yuliyu borovokova, and the list is never ending
Maybe a drop on the hot stone. Still a great job!!! More of it pls to dry the swamp of fraud.
LISA CARABET AND JOSIE ANN MILLER CANADIAN .MY SKYPE
GREAT , WELL AM GLAD TO SEE SOME SCAMMERS FALL , GOOD JOB KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Well done to all officers involved in cathing there scammers god bless the police officers for doing there jobs happy with things
Will you be posting photos of the women used in the scams and the names used for the scams in the arrest of 26 scammers in Ghana and Nigeria on Friday so we at large will know if we were scammed by them, the yahoo boys and girls?
NOT UNLESS WE OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION – TRUTHFULLY IT DOESN’T MATTER – THESE WERE VERY LOW LEVEL SCAMMERS – THERE ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS SCAMMERS IN GHANA AND MILLIONS OF NAMES
Unfortunately scammers are everywhere
Could you trace any of the scammers I am the victim of : Brian Hart, Godfred Adjei, Benjamin Smith
There are over 100,000 active scammers in Africa. Report the scammer, then block them, and try to move on with your life. If enough information is ultimately reported then options become available. But you will only waste more money trying to track a scammer down.
I have all the real details of my scammer thanks to the police in my country but now the problem is that they cant arrest thr guy because he is in Nigeria.What can I do in this regard.We were able to get his real private information even his picture
There are three options:
1: first report it on http://www.Anyscam.com so the information goes worldwide
2. Ask your local police to forward it to the EFCC in Nigeria – an email from them will carry more weight and get faster attention
3. Send an email complaint directly to the EFCC in Nigeria – they do accept complaints directly from victims.
What will happen depends on the quality of the information you provide. Do not expect anything to happen, but it might in time – investigations take time.